Florida Men and Women Swimming Sweep FAU

Published January 19th, 2014

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Gainesville, Fla. - The Florida Swimming and Diving program swept Florida Atlantic in the first of three consecutive dual meet weekends for the Gators. With the SEC Championships 30 days away, the Gators will use the next three weekends to fine tune their races and fill out the conference championship roster.

The eight-ranked Florida women (4-2, 2-1 SEC) captured every event and won 175-112. The third-ranked men (6-0, 3-0 SEC) were competing as a split squad with nine members of the team competing at the Classic at SMU<http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=27028>, and defeated FAU by a score of 166-123.

Senior Elizabeth Beisel (North Kingstown, R.I.) delivered a pair of top-10 times nationally in the 500 freestyle (4:37.04) and 200 butterfly (1:54.60). The two-time Olympic medalist missed breaking the NCAA 'A' standard by .03 in the 500 free and by .11 in the 200 fly. Beisel now ranks in the top-10 nationally in six events and in the top-five nationally in four events.

Series History: After today's meet, Florida men lead Florida Atlantic 17-0 all-time and Florida women lead Florida Atlantic 18-0 all-time.

Men's Dual Streak: The Gator men have gone 21 straight dual meets without dropping a dual, a record that dates back to Jan. 21, 2011

Sounds Bites:"On the women's side, I saw a lot of improvement. It looks like we are going in the right direction for the SEC Championships. Chris Jones was really good on the one-meter, but he lacked some confidence on the three-meter. We've got to step up and get a little bit better in the next couple of weeks and focus on being prepared for the conference championships."- Diving Coach Donnie Craine

"I thought a lot of people did a great job of improving and showing growth in their secondary events. I felt that we split our races well today. Danielle Valley's 1000 free and Pawel Werner's 500 free were two races that I was impressed with today. A lot of people have been working on the back end of their races, and that showed today. One thing that stood out to me was that the team did a great job of supporting one another. Everyone was cognizant of what was going on. That is something that the coaching staff wanted to see an improvement from out last dual meet."- Associate Head Coach Martyn Wilby.

Women's Meet:

* Florida's divers opened the meet with a 1-2-3 finish on one-meter. Sophomore Kahlia Warner (Queensland, Australia) was just off of her season best and produced a six-line total of 305.85. Sophomores Delaney Dye (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Emily Mosher (Cincinnati, Ohio) placed behind Warner, with Dye registering a season best score of 285.90.

* Freshman Danielle Valley (Bradenton, Fla.) led a 1-2-3-4 finish for the Orange and Blue. Valley's time of 9:54.87 was a second and a half off of her season low from the midseason invitational. Freshman Taylor Katz (Sarasota, Fla.) swam the event for the first time as a Gator and registered a mark of 10:00.59.

* Sophomore Ashlee Linn (Sarasota, Fla.) spearheaded a Gator sweep in the 200 free. Linn threw down her season low time of 1:50.05.

* Hinds, primarily a sprint-fly competitor, showed her versatility by leading a 1-2 finish in the 100 back. Hinds notched a time of 56.12.

* Russell led a 1-2-3 finish for the Gators in the splash-and-dash. Russell's time of 23.78 was good for the win.

* Dye put together her season best on three-meter, totaling a score of 308.60. Warner (297.30) and Mosher (284.55) took second and third. Sophomore Julia Hackett (Sunrise, Fla.) was fourth.

* Zalewski cruised to the 100 free win after the diving break in a time of 51.90.

* Hinds doubled up in the backstroke events, winning the 200 back in a time of 2:03.02. Today's backstroke wins were the first wins of the season for the sophomore in the backstroke.

* Junior Rebecca Rainer (Richmond, Va.) earned her first individual win of the season, winning the 200 breast in a time of 2:22.17.

* Katz won the 100 fly (56.60) for the first time in her career.

* McKnight earned her second win of the day, cranking out a season best 200 individual medley mark of 2:04.57.

* The Gators ended the meet with a win in the 400 free relay. The foursome of Linn, Zalewski, Russell and Luthersdottir teamed to finish in a time of 3:26.46. On the 'B' relay, Beisel led the field with a 49.98 in the first 100 yards.

Men's Meet: The Gator men won 14 of 16 events, including both relays.

* Senior Chris Jones (Palm City, Fla.) is beginning to return to form after missing most of the fall recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. The senior qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships with a season best one-meter total of 325.88.

* The Gator swimmers set the tone for the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 200 medley relay. The 'A' relay of junior Christian-Paul Homer (Trinidad and Tobago), junior Ricky Munch (Clifton, Va.), sophomore Luke Torres (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and junior Matt Curby (Oviedo, Fla.) teamed up to win in a time of 1:31.67.

* Junior Arthur Frayler (Fort Washington, Pa.) led a Gator 1-2-3-4 finish in the 1000 free. Frayler was five seconds off of the 1000 freestyle mark derived from the nation's third fastest mile and finished in a time of 9:09.47.

* Sophomore Pawel Werner (Wroclaw, Poland) has begun to make strides after missing most of the fall due to offseason injury. The Polish native secured the 200 free win in a time of 1:38.33.

* Junior Matt Thompson (Seminole, Fla.) picked up his first dual win of the year, leading a Gator 1-2-3 finish in the 100 back. Thompson touched in a time of 51.24.

* Munch notched his first dual win of the year with a first place win in the 100 breast (57.90).

* Sophomore Austin Manganiello (Miami, Fla.) also secured his first dual win of the year, taking the 200 fly in front of a trio of Gators in a time of 1:49.59. Managniello's mark was .10 off of his season low.

* Homer earned the win in the 50 free (21.09).

* Freshman Jack Blyzinskyj (Weston, Mass.) threw down a season best of 1:48.68 in the 200 back as the Gators took the first four spots in the race.

* Junior Carlos Omana (Miami, Fla.), last week's SEC Male Swimmer of the Week, won the 200 breast in front of a pair of UF swimmers in a season best time of 2:06.07.

* Werner cranked out a notable swim in the 500 free, beating teammate Frayler by .22 seconds and finishing with a time of 4:27.49.

* Homer earned his second win of the day with a mark of 48.77 in the 100 fly.

* Curby scored his first dual win of the season with a 1:51.96 in the 200 IM.

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